Imran Amed Quotes
I'm regularly speaking at London Business School and Harvard Business School. They're the next generation of leaders in the fashion industry.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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I wrote my first book when I was 15 years old. And my second book '1,2,3 Publish Me!' shows everyone how writing a book is done in just the three secret editing levels I discovered!
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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
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I was authorized to do everything that I did.
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I have observed, through many years of living in north Brooklyn, that people, for example an ostensible group of friends, can be dangerous to one another.
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The devil made me do it.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now I need to set another goal.
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I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
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I always identified myself as non-Swedish. I was never discriminated against, because I looked Swedish and speak without an accent. But I had an outsider's perspective.
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I have to credit high school for allowing us to mess around with movie stuff at a time when it was a novelty. Experimenting with that and having a very good group of friends to work with made it a very easy decision that this seemed like something I wanted to do with the rest of my life.
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And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off.
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For me, I am a really tall woman, and I am really tall in heels, and I feel bigger, and I like being bigger. I think I was a king in a past life.
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There are so many things you can do with a culinary degree.
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I'm regularly speaking at London Business School and Harvard Business School. They're the next generation of leaders in the fashion industry.
